BOOM: 10,000 Welfare Leeches Freak After 1 State Delivers BAD News

In an incredible step toward stronger fiscal responsibility, the state of Georgia will be implementing requirements for welfare recipients — if you’re able-bodied, you’d better be working.

Georgia officials haven’t made this program of-a-sudden; according to Breitbart. They began a pilot program in three counties in January. And here’s the scary part:

Since the program’s start, the number of food stamp recipients within those three counties has decreased by 60 percent.

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That’s right — six, followed by a zero.

Now, this program is not the heartless cut to families in need that it may seem — it applies only to able-bodied adults who are without children, and the definition for “work” is very lenient.

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First of all, we’re only talking about 20 hours a week, here. If they can’t manage that, they can also be enrolled in state-approved job training. According to WBJF, they can even just volunteer for a state-sanctioned non-profit.

“There are a lot of people who cannot find jobs based on criminal records, a lack of education, the availability of jobs and impairments. I believe we should have a safety net for those people,” said state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, a Democrat.

I’m not sure there is a person who can’t manage to even volunteer for a non-profit.